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Lot Essay
The present eight pieces are from a complete dessert service likely made to commemorate the marriage on 1 October 1801 of Sir Marcus Somerville, 4th Baronet and a Member of Parliament for Meath County to Mary Anne, only daughter of Sir Richard Gorges Meredyth, Baronet of St. Katherine's Grove, co. Dublin.
Of the 70 pieces sold on behalf of the heir, fifty-nine were acquired by Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos and sold off as Property of the Republic of the Philippines Presidential Commission on Good Government by Christie's in New York, 30 January 1988, lot 29. Of these, all but a few have since come back on the market at various auctions. Calculating the pieces sold by the heirs but not acquired by the Marcos's and those sold by the Philippine government that have not come back on the market, a part service of two ice-pails and covers, six square dishes, four shell-shaped dishes and eight dessert plates is likely still extant.
Of the 70 pieces sold on behalf of the heir, fifty-nine were acquired by Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos and sold off as Property of the Republic of the Philippines Presidential Commission on Good Government by Christie's in New York, 30 January 1988, lot 29. Of these, all but a few have since come back on the market at various auctions. Calculating the pieces sold by the heirs but not acquired by the Marcos's and those sold by the Philippine government that have not come back on the market, a part service of two ice-pails and covers, six square dishes, four shell-shaped dishes and eight dessert plates is likely still extant.